Chris Grant-Pym (pym_kitten) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2011-01-25 19:06:00

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inactive - chris pym, inactive - pauline argosy

Hammering Out The Details (Before Red Wedding)
Chris stepped off the train onto the platform at Grand Central, heading up the ramp into the main concourse. Time for Date Number 3 with Pauline. It had been a slightly awkward conversation after she'd realized what she'd said, but she'd gotten them tickets to an art-house double feature of both Disney Fantasia movies. The unofficial word was also that the original cut's "Sunflower" sequences of Pastoral Symphony would be shown during the intermission.

She headed for the clock and information booth in the center of the concourse, an eye out for her date.

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	indie_minor 2011-01-25 11:10 pm UTC (link)
	Pauline waved. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	pym_kitten 2011-01-25 11:12 pm UTC (link)
	Chris scurries over to her and greets her with a more than friendly kiss. "Hey you." She grins when the need for air makes its demands known. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	indie_minor 2011-01-25 11:31 pm UTC (link)
	"Hi," Pauline says when air is recovered. "Ready for hot alligator/hippo action?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	pym_kitten 2011-01-25 11:36 pm UTC (link)
	"I don't know any other kind of alligator/hippo action." Chris grins, heading them both over to the subway. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	indie_minor 2011-01-25 11:57 pm UTC (link)
	A young woman with black pigtails and a spiked collar asks for Pauline's autograph on the subway. It is happily given. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	pym_kitten 2011-01-26 12:01 am UTC (link)
	Chris smiles, slipping an arm around Pauline's waist as they squeeze into a subway car. "My own celebrity escort while I'm in the city. Sweet deal." This is a good moment right here. Chris is going to live in this moment. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	indie_minor 2011-01-26 12:19 am UTC (link)
	Pauline smiles back. "Happy to help." And she nestles in beside Chris, in thought for a while. Then, suddenly. "Ponchielli really is underrated, you know." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	pym_kitten 2011-01-26 12:28 am UTC (link)
	Chris blinks. "Sorry, what?" She raises an eyebrow. "That's... I'm guessing that's a music thing." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	indie_minor 2011-01-26 12:33 am UTC (link)
	"He wrote the Dance of the Hours. With the Crocodiles and Hippos and the Sherman song about summer camp." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	pym_kitten 2011-01-26 12:36 am UTC (link)
	"Oh, cool beans." She smiles and nods. "I'm glad my celebrity--" She pauses, then continues, trying not to make it sound like a question "--girlfriend isn't too mature to still see Disney cartoons." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	indie_minor 2011-01-26 01:37 am UTC (link)
	"Not exactly Kids Only stuff," Pauline says, putting her arm around Chris more firmly. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

pym_kitten
2011-01-26 02:05 am UTC (link)

Chris smiles at that tightening and gives her a kiss on the cheek, smirking and rolling her eyes as an elderly man clears his throat and gives them a not-friendly glance.

"So, after the double, dinner's on me, but you have to pick. Also, I've got something I wanted to talk to you about. Most people might wait until the end of the date, but I tend to deal with awkwardness better than suspense."

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	indie_minor 2011-01-26 02:06 am UTC (link)
	"Lay it on me, but I reserve the right to shoot the conversation down, especially in public." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

pym_kitten
2011-01-26 02:10 am UTC (link)

Chris nods, and keeps her voice politely low. "Fair enough.

I like you, Pauline. I would definitely like to date you some more. I just wanted to know if you lean towards exclusive or otherwise. I've kept my behavior exclusive, for the record, but if you haven't, that's fine.

I'm fine with either flavor of relationship, I just like to know which one it is."

She gives her a smile. "And did I mention that I like you?"

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	indie_minor 2011-01-26 02:27 am UTC (link)
	"You're very nice, Chris. I don't want to move too fast, but we can start sorting out what we need here. I'm not seeing anyone else, and don't intend to." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	pym_kitten 2011-01-26 02:42 am UTC (link)
	"Sounds good." She smiles and gives her waist a happy squeeze. "And for the record... Churnabog totally steals the whole movie. All due respect to hippos and crocs." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	indie_minor 2011-01-26 02:48 am UTC (link)
	"But people misunderstand when you say 'Hot demonic action,'" Pauline explains. "And Mussorgsky at least gets some of the credit of his genius, in terms of the accompaniment there." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	pym_kitten 2011-01-26 02:59 am UTC (link)
	"Hot demonic action is so often misunderstood." She smirks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	indie_minor 2011-01-26 03:22 am UTC (link)
	"And then," an oddly jazzhandsy gesture. "Schubert's Ave Maria. The only composition to defeat a Disney villain." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	pym_kitten 2011-01-26 03:25 am UTC (link)
	"I dunno, I've always been under the impression that evil was best vanquished with Jackie Wilson, and a dash of Auld Lang Syne." Challenge initiated. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	indie_minor 2011-01-26 03:30 am UTC (link)
	Pauline barely blinks. "So you're implying that Vigo was more intimidating than Chernobog? The man was the incarnation of a Mussogorsky piece. Not exactly the buzzing of flies." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	pym_kitten 2011-01-26 03:32 am UTC (link)
	Chris grins. "That was a test, superstar, and you just passed." She winks at her. "I'll admit, my inner geek got more excited by Lady Liberty being controlled with a Nintendo controller than by the devil turning back into a mountain, but that was definitely the classier and more menacing affair." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	indie_minor 2011-01-26 04:54 am UTC (link)
	"At least there wasn't any chemistry." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	pym_kitten 2011-01-26 07:41 pm UTC (link)
	Chris smiles, glancing at the nearest station to make sure they still have time yet. "So how's the Factor stuff?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	indie_minor 2011-01-26 08:02 pm UTC (link)
	"Doing all right. We've helped some people a bit, investigated some problesm a bit." A pause. "I'm secretly tempted to talk our producer into arranging a revival of Side Show with a predominantly mutant cast." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	pym_kitten 2011-01-26 09:05 pm UTC (link)
	"...curiosity compels me to ask how many actors you're looking for for the lead." Chris smirks. "Given... y'know." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

indie_minor
2011-01-26 09:22 pm UTC (link)

Pauline giggles. "Standard casting for Daisy and Violet would apply. But their freak show friends, and Jake, could do with an ...update of sorts. So could their vaudeville performances, for their matter, not that I'd necessarily be unleashing Deej on the score. But mainly, race relations issues are a lot different nowadays, and I think if Jake were green or something, we could make that point.

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pym_kitten
2011-01-26 09:27 pm UTC (link)

"Having two parents on the Avengers and growing up with mutants has taught me that people still totally care about skin color, as long as you were born that way. If you got it in any kind of accident, you're set." She shakes her head.

"Sounds like a really cool idea. The cynic in me is saying off-Broadway at best, but sometimes that's a good thing." She smiles. "Let me know if you need consults on any clothing out of the usual. I've helped a lot of.. uniquely shaped kids at school."

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	indie_minor 2011-01-26 10:07 pm UTC (link)
	"Yeah, I noticed." Pauline smiles. "Thanks." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	pym_kitten 2011-01-26 10:10 pm UTC (link)
	"Nothing to thank. I'm calling it like I hear it." Chris grins back, kissing her again. This casual public displays of affection thing is habit-forming. She tugs her girlfriend out of her seat as the train pulls into the appropriate station. "Come on, hippos and one racially insensitive centaur are waiting." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	indie_minor 2011-01-26 10:57 pm UTC (link)
	"Great." And she'll go with her. (Reply to this)(Parent)

pym_kitten
2011-01-27 03:04 am UTC (link)

The art house is a casual affair, an array of non-matching couches, recliners, bean-bags, and other unreasonably comfortable seating instead of the typical rows of folding chairs. Chris was more than happy to cuddle up to her date on a leopard-print love-seat.

It's about as the music in Bald Mountain hits its peak that there's a cry from the lobby, followed by a slamming of the main entrance door and the lights are flipped on. A stone-skinned man and two apparent humans carrying a sack lock the door as they spread out.

"Alright! Everyone keep quiet and nobody gets hurt, unlike the moron out front." The stone man jerks his head at the door.

"This... is not good." Chris says calmly under her breath as she slowly sits upright. No need for any sudden movements to make things worse, even though there's no sign of guns yet.

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	indie_minor 2011-01-27 04:11 am UTC (link)
	The Mussorgsky had been so unsettling in itself that Pauline hadn't picked up on the malevolence and distress in the lobby. But what she starts to do, quietly, is sing. Schubert's Ave Maria, in fact, since she was waiting for that one. A sense of calm trance will start to go over the room, but she's working in a particular direction. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

pym_kitten
2011-01-27 04:25 am UTC (link)

"Awright then..." The lead thug seems pleased to have everyone's attention. He thumps a fist against the door. "Nobody's gettin' out with their pockets full. No worries about credit cards and custom jewelry, simps. Cash and manufactured only."

The beta thugs fan out, holding open sacks. The lead thug seems to examine his fist however, a spot seeming to have been stripped bare by the impact. He hurriedly reaches into a pocket and downs a tablet. There's a quiet grating sound as a new layer seems to coat his stone skin, stretching hsi clothes.

Chris looks at Pauline, speaking quietly as she pretends to have trouble getting her watch off. "What are you doing? I'm just waiting for an opening.."

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	indie_minor 2011-01-27 04:38 am UTC (link)
	Pauline shrugs slightly to Chris, but doesn't stop singing to talk. She's focusing weary, starry-eyed serenity on the muggers. It gets stronger, and stronger. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	pym_kitten 2011-01-27 04:48 am UTC (link)
	The beta thugs start wobbling, one of them staggering into the person nearest them with cash, before tripping over a recliner. "What's wrong with you idiots? Get the hell back... back up..." The stone man's words start to waver. Chris just starts to smirk, nodding to Pauline. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	indie_minor 2011-01-27 05:06 am UTC (link)
	Pauline nods politely as she keeps singing. If she can't get him adequately distracted before the song ends, she may follow it up with "Love Makes the World Go Round." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

pym_kitten
2011-01-27 02:43 pm UTC (link)

Chris just puts her hands behind her head and sits back, watching with delight as the stone man finally topples to the floor. Only it's not quite the floor. He hits the end of a couch, flipping it and tossing a movie-viewer across the room. A bean-bag meets a tragic fate, but no apparent injuries.

His peons amble towards him and try dragging him off, but the other attendants grab them.

Chris smirks at Pauline. "..you're kind of awesome, you know that?"

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	indie_minor 2011-01-27 08:56 pm UTC (link)
	Pauline smiles at her, then hums as she goes to check on the person tossed. She doesn't want to stop her telepathic spell until she's sure people are secure. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	pym_kitten 2011-01-27 09:00 pm UTC (link)
	Chris heads to the downed thugs, pulling a spare set of boot-laces from her bag and binding their hands. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	shield_maiden 2011-02-04 05:54 pm UTC (link)
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